Overview:

A large-scale technology environment is seeking a Senior Production Engineer to support a modern API management platform based on Google Apigee. The engineer will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for maintaining high availability, performance, and automation of production systems. This role includes close collaboration with development, infrastructure, and architecture teams to ensure stability and continuous improvement of mission-critical applications.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and optimize performance, availability, and capacity of production environments
• Participate in application releases, load testing, and configuration changes
• Customize production tools (monitoring, deployment, scheduling, etc.)
• Support architecture reviews, system upgrades, and migrations to new platforms
• Propose performance and capacity improvements
• Respond to incidents and contribute to root cause analysis and resolution
• Participate in a rotating on-call support schedule (including evenings/weekends as needed)

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Required Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Google Apigee and REST APIs
• Solid background in Linux/Unix system administration
• Experience with application servers and web technologies: Tomcat, Apache, nginx, IIS, and authentication protocols (e.g., SSO)
• Understanding of networking principles, firewalls, and load balancing technologies
• Experience with Dynatrace or other application monitoring tools
• Automation experience using Ansible / Ansible Tower
• Scripting and programming skills (e.g., Python, Perl, Ruby, Java)
• Familiarity with log indexing and analysis tools (Splunk, Elasticsearch)

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Nice to Have:

• Exposure to cloud infrastructure and DevOps pipelines (CI/CD)
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Familiarity with ITIL practices: incident, change, and release management
• Strong analytical skills to identify improvement opportunities and automation candidates

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Key Attributes:

• Strong problem-solving mindset
• High attention to detail and ownership
• Able to manage priorities in a dynamic environment
• Effective team player with strong communication skills
• Willingness to take initiative and work independently
• Comfortable working under pressure and on critical systems